Improvement in broilers



M. T. HYNES.

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No. 110.763. I Patented Jan. 3. 1871.

MICHAEL T. HYNES, BOSTON, .MASSAOHUSETTS.

Letters Patent No. 110,763, dated January 3, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN BROILERS.

The Schedule referred to In these Letters Patent and making part: of the same.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MIoHAnL T. HYNES, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk andv State of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Apparatus for Broiling and Frying, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being bad to the accompanying drawing making part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved 'apobject of my invention, which consists in an apparatus closed at the top and fitting into or over the opening llLtllO top plate of the stove or range, usually occupied by the covers, and the bridge-piece between them, the said apparatus being provided with an opening in the lower portionof its .front, through which to enter the utensil with the food to be cooked thereon, by which construction the fumes of the article, while being cooked, pass up under its closed top, and down a flue or fines within the apparatus to the fire, and thence, through the stove or range-flue, out of the house. 1

My invention also consists in providing the aforesaid closed apparatus with one or more openings closed by covers, which may be removed for convenience in placing any article upon the broiler or fry pan without removing the latter.

To enable others skilled in the art to understand and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the manner in which I have carried it out.

In the said drawing A represents an apparatus open at the bottom, and of an oblong form to fit the opening in the top plate of the stove or range where it is intended to be used.

On each side of the space within this apparatus is a partition, to, which extends from the level of its open bottom up to within a short distance of its top, which is closed by a plate, B, provided with openings closed by covers I) when the apparatus is in use, the

partitions a forming fiues a between them and the ends of the apparatus.

The lower edges of these partitions a are turned in so as to afford ledges or projections cl ou'which'to" rest a fry-pan, O, figs, 1 and 2, or broiler D, fig. 3, whichis entered within the apparatus through arectangular opening, e, of sufficient width in the lower portion of its front.

The bottom rim or edge of this apparatus rests upon the narrow ledge or projection in the top plate of the stove or range designed to support the covers and bridge-piece.

E is a handle, by which to remove the apparatus when not required for .use.

The fry-pan may be provided with one or more partitions extending through it so as to divide it into one vor more compartments to allow difl'erent articles of food to be fried at the same time without coming in cont-act with each other and mixing their flavors.

The fumes or smoke arising from the article while cooking are carried (by the draught entering the opening in front) up under. the closed top of the apparatus, and thence down the flues c 0 into the space above the fire, and into the fine of the stove or range,

- and up the (chimney, thus preventing any disagreeable odors from escaping into the kitchen. and from it to other portions of the house. 7

'When an egg or batter for cakes is to be fried within the pan, a cover, a, may be removed, and the article dropped in, thus avoiding the inconvenience of removing the pan from .the fire.

The openings in the plate B, with their covers I), may, however, be dispensed with if desired.

The opening 6 in the front of the apparatus afi'ords a convenient means of examining the articles while cooking, and for removing them when done.

I am aware that frying-pans and broilers have been constructed with ventilating-covers, which are placed over the pan or broiler when in use; but I do not claim a ventilating-cover to a pan or broiler.

\Vhat I claim as a new article of manufacture is The apparatus with its fines c 0, opening 0 to admit a fry-pan or broiler, and with or without the openings l) b, all constructed substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

Witness my hand this 1st day of October, A. D.

MICHAEL T. HYNES. \Vitnesses:

N. W. Srnanns, W. J. CAMBRIDGE. 

